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Pulau Bukom

Island of Singapore

Field	Value
name	Pulau Bukom
area_km2	1.45
location	Southeast Asia
coordinates
pushpin_map	Singapore
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Pulau Bukom within Singapore
country	Singapore

Pulau Bukom, also known as Pulau Bukum (毛广岛; ), is a small restricted-access island belonging to Singapore that is located about five kilometres to the south of Mainland Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore. The size of Pulau Bukom is about 1.45 km2.

Pulau Bukom is also known as Pulau Bukom Besar, which has a small companion islet to its south called Pulau Bukom Kechil. This companion islet is currently connected to Pulau Ular and Pulau Busing by reclaimed land, making the three of them appear as one large island on satellite imagery.

History

The island was home to the native Malay islanders before government efforts to relocate them back to mainland Singapore for redevelopment.

It is the site of a Shell oil facility. Between 2007 and 2018, a number of the company's employees stole over 350 thousand tonnes of oil from the facility, worth over SGD 200 million.

Access

Access to the island is restricted. Security passes are issued only to personnel working on the island. A ferry (from the Pasir Panjang ferry terminal) serves the island. The ferry operator is Tian San Shipping. The security checks are very tight, and no unauthorized person is allowed to enter the island.

References

Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press,

References

(7 July 2025). "Shell heist: Second mastermind gets more than 25 years’ jail for siphoning $100m of fuel". The Straits Times.

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